THE COST OF KAISING A DAIRY COW. 
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In all four groups the feed is about TO per cent, the labor close to 
12.5 per cent, and all others items about 17.5 per cent. The total 
net cost of raising the calf the first year, with the exception of the 
1908 group, is close to $33. 
SUMMARY OF THE SECOND-YEAR COST OF RAISING HEIFERS. 
In Table XII are presented the records that are available on four 
groups the second year, to show a comparison for the different classes 
of feed and other factors making up the cost of raising a heifer the 
second year. Approximately four-fifths of the feed cost is for 
roughage and one-fifth for pasture. There is here a wider range in 
cost of feed than for the first year. A smaller ration was fed the 
1907 group, thus accounting for the lowest cost of $11.96. How- 
ever, the results obtained were the least satisfactory. The cost of 
feed for the other three groups ranges from $15.43 to $17.36. The 
increase for the last two years is caused by an increase in feed 
prices. The cost of labor ranges from $2.72 to $4.27 and is due to 
changes in natural conditions, the same as for the first-year groups. 
The other costs are nearly the same as for the first year and range 
from $5.62 to $8.04. The rise in the prices of feeds for 1910 and 
1911 does not change the relative proportion of feed to labor and 
other costs. 
The total net cost of raising the heifer the second year ranges from 
$16 to $23. 
Table XII. 
-Comparison of the cost of raising four groups of heifers the second 
year, on the oasis of the cost per head. 
Item. 
1907 group (average 
number, 26.54). 
1908 group (average 
number, 24.72). 
1909 group (average 
number, 17.20); 
1910 group (average 
number, 12.70). 
Actual 
cost. 
Per cent. 
Actual 
cost. 
Per cent. 
Actual 
cost. 
Per cent. 
Actual 
cost. 
Percent. 
$9.56 
80 
$12.84 
.12 
2.47 
83.2 
.8 
16 
$12. 55 
78 
$13.55 
78.2 
Pasture 
2.40 
20 
3.56 
22 
3.80 
21.8 
Total feed coat. 
11.96 
100 
15.43 
100 
16.11 
100 
17.35 
100 
Feed 
11.96 
3.40 
5.62 
63.5 
18.1 
18.4 
15.43 
4.27 
6.34 
64.6 
17.9 
17.5 
16.11 
2.86 
6.72 
68.6 
12.2 
19.2 
17.35 
2.72 
8.04 
66.8 
10.5 
22.7 
All costs 
20.98 
5.00 
100 
26.04 
5.00 
100 
25.69 
5.00 
100 
28.11 
5.00 
100 
Net cost of rais- 
15.98 
21.04 
20.69 
23.11 
THE COST OF RAISING A HEIFER FOR TWO FULL YEARS. 
Table XIII is a combination of the cost figures shown by year 
groups in Tables XI and XII, in order to bring out the relative 
proportions of the various feeds and other items of cost for the 
